The Linux Foundation Announces 30 New Silver Members

PRESS RELEASE PR Newswire

Jan. 31, 2018, 09:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced the addition of 30 Silver members. Linux Foundation members help support development of the greatest shared technology resources in history, while accelerating their own innovation through open source leadership and participation.

"As we start a new year, it is wonderful to welcome so many new Silver members to The Linux Foundation," said Jim Zemlin, executive director, The Linux Foundation. "These organizations, which represent a huge swath of industries from around the globe, are contributing significantly to the growing open source community. We are proud to have their support across so many Linux Foundation projects."

In addition to joining the Foundation, many of these new members have joined Linux Foundation projects like Automotive Grade Linux, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, EdgeX Foundry, Hyperledger, LF Networking and more. For a full list of members, visit https://www.linuxfoundation.org/members/corporate.

December's new members:

8base is an extensible platform that powers the rapid development of robust software applications using Blockchain and other next generation modern technologies.

Sofioni Networks is an SDN product company that is building best in class hybrid Software Defined Networking solutions. Sofioni Networks brings high performance options to its customers by enhancing and integrating leading open source SDN control and data-path solutions.

With the support of its members, The Linux Foundation hosts open source projects across technologies including networking, security, cloud, blockchain, and more. This collaborative development model is helping technology advance at a rapid pace in a way that benefits individuals and organizations around the world.

About The Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world's top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page:https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.